Simple methods for fluidic drag estimation during pipe installation via HDD

• Main Authors: Rabiei, Montazar, Yi, Yaolin, Bayat, Alireza, Cheng, Roger
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Fluidic Drag; Engineering::Civil engineering; Horizontal Directional Drilling
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85371; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49214
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper proposes a series of simple methods for fluidic drag evaluation of non-Newtonian slurries flowing within a bore during Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) pipe installation operations. The methods are based on adapting the solutions of annular and planar Couette flow problems to the HDD...